Giving up TV was self-defense for me. It started the day I considered ways of destroying it but leaving just enough to contine destroying it the following day, etc. T'was then I decided to get the thing OUT of the house and away from me. Kinda like booze and alcoholism in a way. Until the 'addiction' passed, I just couldn't have it near me. After a year or so I revisited TV and then decided I didn't WANT it near me. It has remained so to this day.